http://www.youngfabians.org.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/08/the-silent-generation/ This is the blog of the Young Fabians, the under-31 section of the Fabian Society. Like all publications of the Fabian Society, this blog represents not the collective views of the Society but only the views of individual authors. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:32:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.youngfabians.org.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/08/the-silent-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-1080 Alex Baker Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:49:35 +0000 http://www.youngfabians.org.uk/blog/?p=771#comment-1080 What's the answer though Claire? In 1997 it looked like a reasonable aim to encourage more to go to university. I would agree that the 50% target became a bit of a fetish, without proper thought about the implications on cost or the currency value of degrees. Recession hasn't helped, but not convinced social planning (i.e. an industrial policy) would be best option. What’s the answer though Claire? In 1997 it looked like a reasonable aim to encourage more to go to university. I would agree that the 50% target became a bit of a fetish, without proper thought about the implications on cost or the currency value of degrees. Recession hasn’t helped, but not convinced social planning (i.e. an industrial policy) would be best option.

]]> http://www.youngfabians.org.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/08/the-silent-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-1067 Claire French Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:59:32 +0000 http://www.youngfabians.org.uk/blog/?p=771#comment-1067 I think the reason that people of my generation (young 20s) are keeping it quiet is because we are in denial. New Labour have encouraged us to go to university, made it more accessible with top up fees (first graduates of that came out last summer, I think?). However the labour market is in such a shocking state, that many of us will not get graduate jobs. My debt is huge, and I haven't even started to look for a graduate job, because they are so few and far between. I think the reason that people of my generation (young 20s) are keeping it quiet is because we are in denial. New Labour have encouraged us to go to university, made it more accessible with top up fees (first graduates of that came out last summer, I think?). However the labour market is in such a shocking state, that many of us will not get graduate jobs. My debt is huge, and I haven’t even started to look for a graduate job, because they are so few and far between.

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